Support your child

through separation
or divorce

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Why Family Transitions Triple P Online makes all the difference

Separation or divorce can be a challenging experience for you, your child and the whole family. You can ease the transition with proven tips and strategies that support everyone to cope and adjust well during this time.

  • Personalise the programme to suit your circumstances, your family, your values
  • Feel more confident in your parenting skills – learn how to handle challenging moments more positively
  • Discover effective ways to help your child (and yourself) to manage big emotions
  • Build your communication skills to co-parent effectively with your former partner
  • Do the programme anywhere, anytime, on any device
  • University-developed and proven to work
  • Videos, resources and interactive learning

Support your family’s adjustment

Is Family Transitions Triple P Online right for my family?

Your family is going through a big change. Understand what you can do to make the process as smooth as possible.

  • Learn ways to minimise negative impacts and help your child to feel supported and secure
  • Support your child to manage their emotions and develop good coping skills
  • Take better care of your own emotional and social well-being
  • Handle difficult moments more calmly and confidently
  • Communicate well, problem-solve and reduce conflict with your former partner
  • Adapt and evolve in your new family dynamic

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Helping your family through separation or divorce

Family Transitions Triple P Online is part of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program®. It isn’t just about coping with the challenges of separation or divorce, but also about finding ways to thrive in your new family dynamic. The programme is university-developed and based on extensive research with parents who are going through separation or divorce. The course can help your family too – and now it’s online.

What’s in the Family Transitions Triple P Online course?

  • Support your child through separation or divorce – and get strategies that help the whole family

    Get a toolkit full of positive parenting strategies to help you navigate this pivotal time. Learn at your own pace (individually or with your former partner). Whether you’re thinking about or going through separation or divorce. Feel calmer and more confident in your parenting skills as you progress through this course.

  • Module 1: Separation or divorce – a family transition

    Understand common "parent traps" that can make family adjustment more difficult. Build support and stability for your child. Learn how to help children manage and express their feelings.

  • Module 2: Coping with emotions

    Learn more about your emotions and how they can affect your parenting. Explore coping skills and relaxation strategies that can help you to reduce stress and feel calmer.

  • Module 3: Coping with emotions (2)

    Get strategies to manage unhelpful thoughts. Learn how to take better care of your emotional and mental well-being.

  • Module 4: Managing co-parent conflict

    Learn how to effectively co-parent, minimise conflict and communicate well with your former partner. Discover age-appropriate ways to discuss separation or divorce with your child. Create a solid parenting plan.

  • Module 5: Balancing work, family and play

    Going through a separation or divorce is a difficult time. But it’s also a new beginning. Discover helpful ways to create a positive family identity, manage new relationships and build your social support – now, and for the years to come.

Commonly asked questions

Triple P is one of the few parenting programmes in the world with evidence to show it works. There are literally hundreds of trials and studies to show Triple P works for most families, in many different cultures, and in many different family situations. Triple P Online is also the first online parenting programme proven to work.


On average, each module in the programme usually takes about an hour to complete. Of course, everyone is different, and some people might take a little more or less time.

Some people like to do a whole module in one go. Others like to break it up into smaller chunks. We've found that a module per week works well for most people, as it gives you plenty of time to absorb what you're learning, try out some practical exercises, and start using the skills in your everyday parenting life.

Whether you want to finish your programme in a few days, take it slow over a period of weeks or months, and even revisit it later - it's up to you!


Triple P International takes your privacy and data protection very seriously. We have rigorous IT security systems and procedures. We don’t share your information with any third-party marketing organisations or unauthorised personnel. Your email address and region are visible to our administration team. Your progress may be visible to a system administrator in case you need to change your email address. All other family information within the programme is anonymised. If you’d like more information, please review our privacy policy.


It's helpful, but not essential. Triple P is used very successfully by single parents. When more than parent, step-parent or carer does the course it helps everyone work as a team to make changes. This includes grandparents and other family members, and even ex-partners, if they also care for your children. It makes it easier to communicate better about parenting, argue and disagree less, and support each other more. If you want both parents to have their own workbook and certificate, you need to request two access codes.


I’ve got a question that’s not covered here One of the great things about Triple P is that it’s not about telling you what to do in every situation. It’s about helping you feel confident that you can work out what to do. This will be based on what you learn about child development and the strategies you’ve picked up, and your ability to review and refine. So if your question’s about parenting, we suggest you go ahead and do the programme! If it’s about something else to do with Triple P, you may want to try contacting us using this website’s contact details via our social media channels, or through your local Triple P support service.